Las Cruces Fire Department commemorates 9/11

Las Cruces firefighters recognized the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the United States with a commemorative bell ringing ceremony and memorial stair climb.

 Beginning at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11, firefighters will held silent watch at Fire Station 1. Starting at 8:46 a.m., they sounded bells in commemoration of the first attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11.

 The bell ringing ceremony commemorated each significant event from that day:

• 8:46 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into North Tower.
• 9:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into South Tower.
• 9:37 a.m., American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into Pentagon.
• 9:59 a.m., collapse of South Tower.
• 10:03 a.m., United Flight 93 crashes near Shanksville, Pa.
• 10:28 a.m., collapse of North Tower.

Sunday, Sept. 10, firefighters performed a memorial stair climb at Electronic Caregiver Tower, 506 S. Main St.